| Prison Name: | Deerfield Correctional Center |
| Location: | 21360 Deerfield Road Capron, Virginia |
| Coordinates: | 36.7294°N -77.2458°W |
| Status: | mixed |
| Classification: | Level 2 (medium) |
| Capacity: | 1,080 |
| Opened: | 1994 |
The Deerfield Correctional Center is a state prison for men located in Capron, Southampton County, Virginia, owned and operated by the Virginia Department of Corrections.[1] The facility was opened in 1994 and has a working capacity of 1,080 prisoners.
It houses a special population of "Geriatric and Assisted Living Inmates": elderly, infirm, disabled and other special-needs prisoners. The number of elderly prisoners has increased in Virginia's inmate population since the Commonwealth's abolition of parole in 1994.[2] It is a level-two security prison (medium).[3]
The site is adjacent to Virginia's former Southampton Correctional Center, which was established in 1938 as an agricultural facility. By 1955 Southampton had developed as a campus that included a livestock operation, a cannery, and a sewage disposal facility. Through prisoner labor, the facility supplied 80% of its own food.[4] Southampton was closed in January 2009 and was demolished soon after.[5]